The coordination of interests in public policy making in Ukraine through the mechanism of consolidation of socio-political groups

Abstract

Background. The article is devoted to an empirical study and substantiation of the structure and content of consolidation of political groups, the potential of consolidation as a mechanism for reconciling the interests of political groups in public policy making. The purpose of the study was to find out the socio-psychological features of the consolidation of ideological and electoral political groups, to find common ground between them in order to harmonize interests in public policy making. Methods. theoretical, empirical, methods of mathematical and statistical data processing, as well as psychodiagnostic techniques: "Political Values" (G. Eysenck), "Political Values" (A. Seleznev), "Group Identity" (J. Feitos, E. Salas), "Political Identity" (O. Sknar), political identification scales (J. Kruker, R. Lihtanen), "Study of Political Motives" (A. Krasnyakov), "Political Self-Efficacy" (I. Sariev), "Political Self-Efficacy" (I. Sariev), "Political Solidarity" (K. Newfield, D. Goucher, K. Starzuk, in the author's adaptation), "Perceptions of Consolidation and Ways to Achieve It" (S. Kravchenko), and a research questionnaire. Results. The content and structure, patterns and features of political consolidation of socio-political groups are determined. Consolidation is a systemic unity based on the principle of conjunction, the systemic factor of which is the value system of the group. It consists of: value-oriented unity, common socio-political motives and image of Ukraine's needy future, political and group identities, reflective capital (common ideas about: a) consolidation unity, b) mechanisms of its implementation, c) similarities and differences between the ideas of their group members and other groups in political interaction, d) readiness for joint actions, dialogue, development of possible productive solutions), self-efficacy of the political group. Conclusions. The socio-political consolidation functionality of a community sets the scale, direction, and coordinate system of interaction between electoral and ideological groups - from competition, cooperation, and options for productive confrontation to extreme borderline conflict, as various types of wars. The author identifies the universal and specific bases of possible coordination of interests of political groups and their consolidation.